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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shannon Byrne, Whistler, CA;
Assignee:
Protexis Inc., , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/24 ;
Abstract
A data encryption/decryption system is provided which encrypts a critical file to a software program using an embedded executable. The executable programs a user computer to prompt a user to purchase a license key to decrypt the critical file in order to run the software program.